They explained their reason why in a viral thread, saying: "We serve an international audience, a majority of which is outside the U.S. The Gulf of Mexico is an international body of water, and the U.S.'s authority to rename it is ambiguous."

The Gulf of Mexico is now the Gulf of America on Apple Maps for users in the United States after a mapping database update and further criticism from Republican lawmakers.

Google Maps changed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America for United States users, and social media posters launched a review bombing campaign.